The chair of NHG has just resigned. The Joint Committee of Notting Hill and Genesis Residents is fighting an uphill battle to get some democratic
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NHG is not being honest about shared ownership. Making a complaint to the Advertising Standards Agency.
NHG residents have been making complaints to the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) about NHG shared ownership ads on the tube and in the newspapers. The
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Disclose all fire risk assessments! The Board and the Executive Team should do the right thing.
Notting Hill Genesis (NHG) should agree that all Fire risk Assessments (FRA) are disclosed – up until now they have refused to disclose FRAs to
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Is this more of the same? Or something new? NHG’s Resident Involvement Model.
On September 20, the NHG Residents Involvement staff presented their proposals for residents involvement within the new NHG structure. This is a brief report
Read moreUpdate from Southend. ‘Low quality’ homes earmarked for demolition surveyed to use as security for loans.
In November 2015, residents on the Queens Estate in Southend on Sea, received the first indication that their homes were to be demolished. Although ,
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What happens when NHG sell a home in your house/block? AirBnB and other difficulties.
The sale of social homes impacts neighbours in the house/block At first sight it might seem improbable that any resident should ‘suffer’ from the
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Update on repairs by direct labour. Review of the rest of the repairs by Vantage.
Genesis Residents spoke to David Pace, an external housing professional, currently working on the problems in the direct labour repairs process. He told us
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Rent rises for pre-1989 secure tenants
In 2016, Genesis Housing Association (GHA) start making applications to the Rent Officer for rent increases of up to 60% for some secure tenants.
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Maintenance and repairs
Blistering attack by Karen Buck MP Repairs have been a constant problem with Genesis Housing Association. Karen Buck MP for North Westminster wrote a
Read moreDemocracy and transparency
We think that there should be a much more democratic structure in Genesis. The Chief Executive Officer argues that resident members of committees give a
Read moreDe-regulation and rent rises for assured tenants
Over the last few years, Genesis, through the CEO, Neil Hadden, has made it very clear that he and the Board of Genesis Housing Association
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